Apr 4, 2018 4:38 PM
European Scene: Philipp Gropper Wants to Go Deeper
Few cities in Europe today are more cosmopolitan than Berlin.
During the past few decades, the city has attracted a…
Saxophonist Philipp Gropper works in many disparate contexts, playing in bands led by vibrant German musicians, including bassist Pablo Held and fellow saxophonist Wanja Slavin, in addition to co-leading the electro-acoustic foursome Tau.
Apr 4, 2018 4:38 PM
Few cities in Europe today are more cosmopolitan than Berlin.
During the past few decades, the city has attracted a…
Anthony Braxton performs at a 1993 gig that yielded some of the material on Sextet (Parker) 1993.
Mar 29, 2018 9:41 AM
In the early ’90s, not long after he joined the faculty of Connecticut’s Wesleyan University, Anthony Braxton…
MPS has released singer China Moses’ Nightintales.
Mar 27, 2018 1:46 PM
Like a lot of well-off young men in the 1950s, Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer was a dedicated audio enthusiast. But while…
Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin recruited tenor saxophonist Chris Potter and other formidable players for the album Moments Captured.
Apr 24, 2017 2:01 PM
The following is an expanded version of an article that appeared in the June 2017 issue of DownBeat:
Last fall, Alex…